The vacuolar-ATPase modulates matrix metalloproteinase isoforms in human pancreatic cancer
Chung C, Mader CC, Schmitz J, Atladottir J, Fitchev P, Cornwell M, Koleske AJ, Crawford SE, Gorelick F. The vacuolar-ATPase modulates matrix metalloproteinase isoforms in human pancreatic cancer. Laboratory Investigation 2011, 91: 732-743. PMID: 21339745, PMCID: PMC3084324, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2011.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaMMP-9 activityHuman pancreatic cancerPancreatic cancerPanIN lesionsHigh-grade PanIN lesionsHuman pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaPancreatic intraepithelial neoplasmsCancer cellsLow-grade PanIN lesionsMatrix metalloproteinase activationMMP-2 activityPancreatic cancer cellsHuman cancer tissuesShort hairpin RNAPancreatic histologyIntraepithelial neoplasmDuctal adenocarcinomaNormal ductsMMP releaseCancer tissuesMMP-2Metalloproteinase activationInvasive propertiesSpecific MMPs